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Caroline Emelia Stephen - French History for English Children

A history of France from Ancient Gaul up until 1880, written in short easy to comprehend chapters aimed at teaching English children. (Summary by Guero)

Guero and 15 more 12 hours 3 minutes

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Discovery and Exploration of the Mississippi Valley

Biography & Autobiography

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John Gilmary Shea - Discovery and Exploration of the Mississippi Valley

«It has long been a desideratum to have in English the early narratives, of the discovery and exploration of the Mississippi. Marquette's map and voyage have indeed appeared, but the narrative varies in no small...

laurencetrask and 8 more 11 hours 59 minutes

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Poetry

471

Jean de La Fontaine - Fables of La Fontaine

Jean de la Fontaine's fables were very well-known all over Europe during his life, and are now slowly being rediscovered. This edition contains 240 fables or fairy tales and a biography of Jean de la Fontaine and...

RogerMathewson and 19 more 11 hours 57 minutes

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Children's Fiction

479

J. M. Barrie - Sentimental Tommy

«J. M. Barrie is most noted for being the author of Peter Pan, the beloved book about a child who does not want to grow up. The two Tommy novels, as they are collectively referred to, are also about a child who does...

Sandra Cullum and 10 more 11 hours 45 minutes

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Historical Fiction

464

Mary Hastings Bradley - Favor of Kings

«Never have bright romance and black scandal been more attached to the name of lovely woman,» writes a quaint and susceptible chronicler, " than to that of fair Anne Boleyn." Certainly no girl ever flashed...

Verity Kendall and 6 more 11 hours 42 minutes

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Mathematics

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Edmond Halley - Miscellanea Curiosa, Vol 1

«The Royal Society is a Fellowship of many of the world's most eminent scientists and is the oldest scientific academy in continuous existence.» (from its Mission Statement). As scientists have explored the world...

Lynne T and 17 more 11 hours 14 minutes

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Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories, Volume 3

Horror & Supernatural Fiction

497

Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories, Volume 3

In the six volumes of the Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories, Julian Hawthorne presents us thrilling and mysterious short stories from all corners of the world. Some of the stories appeared in...

Katie Riley and 10 more 11 hours 14 minutes Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories

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Children's Fiction

504

Margaret Gatty - Parables from Nature

Parables From Nature is a collection of short stories which were originally published as 4 separate volumes. They are inspired from Nature and written for children. Nevertheless, Gatty uses children's literature...

Julie Parmenter and 12 more 11 hours 14 minutes

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Family

512

J. M. Barrie - Little Minister

Before «Peter Pan» came «The Little Minister», J.M. Barrie's first published novel. This is not a children's book, but reflections on life in a remote village in Scotland. The story opens with the minister and his...

MaryAnn and 4 more 11 hours 11 minutes

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Poems of American History, Volume 4, The Civil War

Poetry

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Poems of American History, Volume 4, The Civil War

This volume is a fascinating reflection on the Civil War years from a perspective in 1908, when many Civil War veterans were still alive, when the wounds to North and South were still fresh, and when no event more...

Niki Myers and 9 more 10 hours 59 minutes

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Children's Fiction

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Frederick Marryat - Children of the New Forest

The children of Colonel Beverley, a Cavalier officer killed at the Battle of Naseby are believed to have died in the flames when their house, Arnwood, is burned by Roundhead soldiers. However, they escape and are...

bryfee and 11 more 10 hours 56 minutes

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Romance

476

Frank R. Stockton - Kate Bonnet

«She carried a fishing rod and line, and her name was Kate Bonnet. She was a bright-faced, quick-moving young person, and apparently did not expect to catch many fish, for she had no basket in which to carry away her...

jenno and 6 more 10 hours 43 minutes

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Stolen Bacillus and other stories H. G. Wells

Eight Keys to Eden Mark Clifton

Songs of Innocence and Experience (version 2) William Blake

Russian Realities and Problems: Lectures delivered at Cambridge in August 1916

Short Story Collection Vol. 081

Around the World with the Children Frank G. Carpenter

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